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The Fightin Phils will be scarce in Reading during the first month of the 2015 season. They have just six home dates in the first 20 games, beginning with the home opener on Friday, April 17, against Richmond. That starts a six-game homestand. The club then has 16 home dates in May, 15 in June, 13 in July, 18 in August and three in September. The home finale is Thursday, Sept. 3, against Binghamton. The season opener is Thursday, April 9, at Portland. The season finale is Monday Sept. 7 at Richmond. The Fightin Phils, Doube-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies, finished the 2014 season at 66-76, tied for sixth in the Eastern Division of the Eastern League. They won their final...

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The Fightin Phils will be scarce in Reading during the first month of the 2015 season.
They have just six home dates in the first 20 games, beginning with the home opener on Friday, April 17, against Richmond. That starts a six-game homestand.
The...

READING — Amid children slapping together their thunderstix, a grown man throwing freebies into the stands while riding a makeshift ostrich and the other distractions Wednesday night, Aaron Nola displayed solid mechanics and a better-looking curve.The...

READING — Jake Fox sits at a table in the cramped home clubhouse inside FirstEnergy Stadium prior to most games with a few of his considerably younger Fightin Phils teammates.
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